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Why Such High Drug Prices
Today in the upstate health insurance agents are scrambling to make sure that the clients’ drugs are well covered by their Medicare...
Oct 20, 20242 min read


What about Alarming Animal Reduction
Scientists recently announced that there has been a 73 percent reduction in wildlife in the past 50 years. What does this mean for us?...
Oct 19, 20242 min read


Can a Little Shy Girl Win
I was a shy little girl. Some say that I’m a shy old lady — until they get to know me better. If I am not entirely shy, I admit to having a decidedly retiring demeanor and, some say, a quiet spirit.
Oct 13, 20247 min read


MY INTERNSHIP WITH BLOOMBERG
MY INTERNSHIP AT BLOOMBERG It seemed like an ordinary day. I was on the campus of Clark Atlanta University, when I saw a Bloomberg booth...
Oct 13, 20243 min read


Is Belly Fat Your Friend
Is Belly Fat Your Friend Is belly fat a fashion accessory or a status symbol as some ancient Egyptians supposed? What do doctors say? ...
Oct 12, 20242 min read


Heart Health Improves Brain Health
A new study links heart health to improved cognition. The better the heart the sharper the brain, so says the American Hearth Association...
Oct 11, 20242 min read


Bloomberg Gives Millions to Black Colleges
Bloomberg Philanthropies is giving $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools. The four schools are the...
Oct 11, 20241 min read


What Should We Eat
What Should We Eat It has become the unforgivable sin to dictate what others should eat. A new study gives us reason to pause and think...
Oct 10, 20242 min read


Graveyard or Banquet Hall
Most have an innate aversion to graveyards. Me too. That’s why when my older brother, Jodie, asked me to go to see the grave markers in...
Oct 10, 20243 min read


Milton Barrels Down on the Coast
Milton Barrels Down on S. C. Coast Meteorologists warn that Hurricane Milton is barreling down on the South Carolina coast. It is...
Oct 9, 20241 min read


Mauldin man houses fire victims
A tree fell on a Mauldin house with a loud boom. It was about 7 a.m. Friday morning during a storm. Roger Cannon knew that something was...
Oct 7, 20241 min read


USDA Awards Black Farmers $2.2 Billion
US Awards Black Farmers $2.2 billion Baskerville, Va. July 31, 2024 — The National Black Farners Association (NBFA) has won a $2.2...
Oct 7, 20241 min read


A generator conundrum, if and what to buy
Generators figure prominently in discussions about emergency preparedness. Home or standby generator Prices hover about $6,000 for the...
Oct 4, 20241 min read


Red Lobster's new CEO
Red Lobster is in a mess. But a 35-year old CEO wants a job there anyway. Damola Adamolekun, the new chief executive of Red Lobster is...
Oct 4, 20242 min read


Leaders press for full recovery
Greenville is struggling to regain its balance Half of Greenville County is still without power. The clean up continues apace. County...
Oct 3, 20241 min read


From Egg Hill to Waxdale
Bio Jodie Lewis Reams — From Egg Hill to Waxdale
Oct 2, 202414 min read


Damage restoration
Analysis While still reeling from Helene, we do well to prepare better for the next round of disasters. See trouble and brace yourself...
Oct 1, 20241 min read


No Regrets
Bio Justin Robinson: Unscripted life has learning moments and successes, but no failures and no regrets. Good parents instilled in me...
Oct 1, 20245 min read


Analysis: Hope for Humanity
Analysis Duke continues to update customers in the Upstate about their schedule for restoring power to all. Thousands have already had...
Sep 29, 20242 min read


Jiggetts is All About Art
William Jiggetts is All About Art An international art collector and patron just returned from a week in Johannesburg, South Africa....
Sep 28, 20242 min read
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